Chaldeans
Historically the Chaldeans were a seminomadic people from Arabia who occupied the city of Ur "of the Chaldeans." (Genesis 11:28) and neighboring lands. They are referred to in the accounts of Assyrian kings that date back to 884-859 BC.
The Chaldeans, Persians, and Egyptians had all of them the same knowledge of the secrets of Nature, and also the same religion. It was only the names that differed.
The Chaldeans, Phœnicians, and Babylonians were familiar with the principles of alchemy, as were many early Oriental races. It was practiced in Greece and Rome; was the master science of the Egyptians.
"Yes! the Chaldeans call the God. IAO, SABAOTH, he who is over the SEVEN Orbits (circles)--the Demiurge."--Lydus de Mens, IV, 38, 74.. The seven orbits are the seven principles, the three couples with the house of flesh.
The Cabalists, Chaldeans, Magi, the Platonists and Christian theologians hold that these intelligences are distinct in nine orders through the perfection of the number which governs the universality of things and in a certain way informs everything.
He derives originally from the Chaldeans by who he was worshiped as something of a god.
In the Hellenistic era and late antiquity, astrologers were often called "Chaldeans" and "Babylonians," which suggests an origin in Mesopotamia.
The Babylonians, Chaldeans, and Persians believed in a dualism between the forces of darkness and light. Ahriman, in Zoroastrianism, and Seth, the god of evil in Egyptian mythology, and 'Mara' in Buddhism manifest characteristics similar to Satan's.
[2] On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Assyrians. Iamblichus, (translated by Alexander Wilder 1911), Joseph H. Peterson 2000, part III Ch. 7.
The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.
Seth is said to have learned the science from Adam and he, as well as Abel, Cain, and Noah, were all expert astrologers. Abraham imparted the knowledge to the Chaldeans who in turn brought it to Egypt, ...
to our age almost all the names which in former times wise men, endowed with miraculous operations, used in sacred works - whether these be Pythagorian sacraments of most ancient philosophers, the primitive memorials of the Hebrews and Chaldeans, ...
Among the Chaldeans, for example, it was the token of Ramu, which was their name for the Supreme God, and one of His titles was the God of the Age. The same symbol was also found among the Aztecs, which shows their connection with Egypt.
that the gift of a flame that would need no attention would have tended to idolatry, to which the Israelites were ever prone. The Chaldeans and Persians used to maintain a perpetual fire in the temples.
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